Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	July 1954
Frequency	[None Listed]
Cover Price	0.25 USD; 0.30 CAD
Pages	100
Editing	?
Notes	Canadian price from indicia.

Cover Details

Characters	Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
Genre	funny animals

1 page Tom and Jerry activity "Rebus Roundup"

Characters	Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
Synopsis	A page of Rebus word puzzles.
Notes	Inside front cover.

10 page Tom & Jerry story "Jerry, all that cat thinks about is his fish collection!"

Characters	Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
Genre	Funny Animal; Humor

1 page Tom & Jerry activity "Build Your Own Bookends"

Characters	Tom; Jerry
Synopsis	How to buld a pair of Tom & Jerry bookends.
Letters	Typeset

8 page Barney Bear story "The lawn needs cuttin' and it's too hot to work!"

Characters	Barney Bear
Genre	Funny Animal; Humor

8 page Mooseface McElk story "(Gulp!) Why couldn't this have been my draft notice or something pleasant like that?"

Characters	Mooseface McElk; Bratsy
Genre	Funny Animal; Humor

1 page activity "Mooseface's Pasture Trouble"

Characters	Mooseface McElk
Synopsis	Connect the Dots page.
Letters	Typeset

8 page Big Spike & Little Tyke story "Let's go away on a vacation, Pop!"

Characters	Big Spike; Little Tyke
Genre	Funny Animal; Humor

1 page activity "Farmyard Symphony"

Characters	Big Spike
Synopsis	Crossword Puzzle.
Letters	Typeset

6 page Skrewy, The Screwball Squirrel story "Talk about your soft rackets!"

Characters	Skrewy the Screwball Squirrel
Genre	Funny Animal; Humor

8 page Adventures Of Tom story "Hey wake up and go to bed!"

Characters	Tom
Genre	Funny Animal; Humor

1 page activity "Be a Jillionaire"

Characters	Tom; Jerry; Barney Bear
Synopsis	Cut out play money.
Letters	Typeset

8 page Fuzzy & Wuzzy story "Now, boys, you're all dressed up for the parade, and you can wait in the yard til time to go!"

Characters	Barney Bear; Fuzzy; Wuzzy
Genre	Funny Animal; Humor

8 page Wuff the Prairie Dog story "I'm sure glad I sent for this book on judo wrestling, Sammy!"

Characters	Wuff the Prairie Dog; Sammy Squirrel; Charlie Coyote
Genre	Funny Animal; Humor

6 page Bertie Bird story "What's your rush, Bertie?"

Characters	Bertie Bird
Genre	Funny Animal; Humor

8 page Flip 'n' Dip story "Why are we moving across the river, Pop?"

Characters	Flip; Dip; Pop
Genre	Funny Animal; Humor

8 page Droopy story "It was kind of my friend, the butcher, to give me a bone... but where will I bury it?"

Characters	Droopy
Synopsis	Droopy, while looking for a place to bury his bone, is chosen as the mascot for a ship headed for a tropical island in search of Bluebeard's buried treasure.
Genre	funny animal; Humor
Script	Carl Barks
Notes	Script submitted on August 13, 1953. Pages 83-90 of the comic. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
Reprinted	in Tom and Jerry Summer Fun (Gold Key, 1967 series) #1, October 1967

6 page Jerry & Tuffy story "I think I'll sneak away while Tuffy's asleep and go fishin'!"

Characters	Jerry; Tuffy
Genre	funny animal; Humor

1 page activity "Mooseface's Workday Worry"

Synopsis	Maze page.
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Inside back cover.

1 page illustration

Characters	Jerry; Tom; Barney Bear; Big Spike; Little Tyke
Synopsis	Back Cover